Gmina Aleksandrów, Lublin Voivodeship Explained

Gmina Aleksandrów
Other Name:Aleksandrów Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Biłgoraj
Area Total Km2:54.26
Population Total:3184
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Coor Pinpoint:Aleksandrów
Coordinates:50.4644°N 22.9061°W
Seat:Aleksandrów
Website:http://www.ealeksandrow.pl/ [1] [2]

Gmina Aleksandrów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Aleksandrów, which lies approximately 16km (10miles) south-east of Biłgoraj and 910NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.

The gmina covers an area of 54.26km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 3,184.[3]

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Puszcza Solska Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Aleksandrów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrów, Margole, Podlas and Sigła.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Aleksandrów is bordered by the gminas of Biłgoraj, Józefów, Księżpol, Łukowa and Tereszpol.

Massacres during Second World War

The area was the site of five massacres of Poles by German soldiers during the Second World War, in the village of Aleksandrów: August 1942, February, June and August 1943 and July 1944. On 6 July 1944 the largest massacre occurred. Between 444 and 446 people were murdered and 100 buildings burned down by the Germans, while 2500 people were sent to concentration camps.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cetler. Komunix Sp. z o.o. -> Maciej. BIP: Urząd Gminy Aleksandrów. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. 23 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919021220/http://www.bip.gov.pl/subjects/30793%2CUrz%C4%85d+Gminy+Aleksandr%C3%B3w.html. 19 September 2015. Polish. dead.
  2. Web site: Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej - Urząd Gminy Aleksandrów. Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. 23 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602162409/http://ugaleksandrow.bip.lubelskie.pl/index.php?id=6. 2 June 2016. Polish.
  3. http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006
  4. "Eksterminacja ludności w Polsce w czasie okupacji niemieckiej 1939–1945", Poznań-Warsaw 1962 page 230–235